Rusty Nuts

[GWAYGWAY]

When I pulled the wheels off my MB base Hymer , I found the wheels were stuck on the rear hubs.
Used a club hammer to get them off, the inside of the alloy hubs had grown int to steel hubs with A build up of aluminium Oxide Which was hard to move off the steel.. the bimetallic corrosion was to fault as there was no protection between the bare metals. It is now four years old So might have been a problem on the road with a flat tyre. Cleaned them back, self etched the bare metal and a thin layer of copperslip to stop it.
I think most others will suffer the same, my transit based one was and those wheels were never off beforeI got it and needed to be removed with a jack because of corrosion.

 

[GWAYGWAY]

When I pulled the wheels off my MB base Hymer , I found the wheels were stuck on the rear hubs.
Used a club hammer to get them off, the inside of the alloy hubs had grown int to steel hubs with A build up of aluminium Oxide Which was hard to move off the steel.. the bimetallic corrosion was to fault as there was no protection between the bare metals. It is now four years old So might have been a problem on the road with a flat tyre. Cleaned them back, self etched the bare metal and a thin layer of copperslip to stop it.
I think most others will suffer the same, my transit based one was and those wheels were never off beforeI got it and needed to be removed with a jack because of corrosion.

 

[dryad]

Some wheel nut covers will help, plus makes them look so much better?View attachment 389171

those nut covers are really cute with the little gnome design on........

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[Steve and Denise]

Pictures as promised

 

[Baden87]

anyone know the correct size of the wheel nut covers ?

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[EX51SSS]

Why do people always pick on the Ging

Cos it's easy

 

[Baden87]

What size wheelnut covers will they be ,or is that different for different size wheels

 

[RobbyMClark]

Amazon advertise numerous sellers most of which mention base vehicle.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

They are going rusty

Might be worth knowing how old your base vehicle ACTUALLY is....a guide is look how old the tyres are, thats quite a good guide. Let us know when you identify

 

[Lyrick]

What size wheelnut covers will they be ,or is that different for different size wheels

If you've got a socket set try various sockets on a wheel nut to find out. We have a Fiat with the camper chassis and it has 21mm wheel nuts.

Patrick

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[Baden87]

It’s a July 2019 fiat Ducato With alloys

 

[Baden87]

Thanks RobbyMclark that’s a good idea ?

 

[Cheshirecat57]

It’s a July 2019 fiat Ducato With alloys

Yes but the chassis may have been built 2 years earlier
The tyres have the week manufactured stamped,

i saw a brand new unregistered Autotrail at my local dealer in Jun 2019 which had week 03 2017 tyres on it

 

[Baden87]

Never the less should they be going rusty at such a young age ?

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

My husband uses ACF-50 to stave off corrosion on his motorbike and the van.

What’s ACF 50 please? Sounds interesting and useful.

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[Boris7]

So we’ve established Italians nuts get Old before German nuts, so Italians need to smear their nuts in grease (or copper slip) and keep them covered with 21mm nut covered available on Amazon

 

[Devon Sue]

What’s ACF 50 please? Sounds interesting and useful.

It's anti corrosion squirty stuff, also used in aviation so must be effective, he uses it on his motorbike as well. Company website link below, available on Amazon

acf-50.co.uk

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www.acf-50.co.uk

 

[Baden87]

so is it 21mm n ut covers I need ?

 

[Lyrick]

so is it 21mm n ut covers I need ?

If a 21mm socket fits then the answer is yes